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Circular wooden ring, with indented outside edge, used as lobe extender by Maasai, East African, 1850-1920 (see note)
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665544
- Materials:
- wood, decoration, glass, beads and decoration, copper
- type:
- ear-distender
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
